Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [det] ways [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As we shall see in chapter 13 the Greeks , even the militarily professional Spartans , did not develop a system comparable to the Roman imperium militiae or the dictatorship , which are both ways of relieving a commander from the normal political constraints on decisive action .
2 There are many ways through which public sector organizations are held accountable ( through elections , higher-level governments , the media , public inquiries , etc. ) and for many different aspects of their performance ( see Stewart , 1984 ) .
3 There are many ways for the authorities to avoid the embarrassment and inconvenience of a jury trial when press freedom is involved .
4 It is plain that there are many ways of being and of imagining a someone other .
5 You can reassure your children that there are ways to make love which are safe , and there are many ways of showing love other than sex .
6 It should be obvious that there are many ways of performing any step , pose or gesture .
7 We shall be told that the time has been equally shared between the three parties , but there are many ways of belling the cat , and the timing of the viewpoints and the batting order can achieve the results they intend .
8 There are many ways of categorizing activities so as to ration your time properly .
9 There are many ways of practising this in daily life .
10 There are many ways of doing this , but one of the best is to roll over onto your stomach and then to go on all fours .
11 There are many ways of allocating overheads — numbers employed , payroll , space occupied , gross fees — and it is good practice to choose the basis most suited to each type of cost involved .
12 There are many ways of saving for an event like a wedding that will make sure that you can buy more than just the confetti .
13 There are many ways of solving these problems for them , though , by quite a small initial outlay ( which the local authority social services department may meet in some cases ) .
14 There are many ways of adding water without breaking up your display and moving gravel about .
15 There are many ways of playing 3 octave arpeggios , and this month I will show what I believe is the most effective approach .
16 There are many ways of telling the Divine Drama .
17 There are many ways of getting back at you .
18 There are many ways of building differentiation into the curriculum and the Act is not prescriptive of any particular approach , but as Lady Warnock ( 1988 ) pointed out :
19 Clearly there are many ways of studying man , and the phrase ‘ I am interested in people ’ that is often used to express and justify an interest in social anthropology is encouraging — but not very enlightening .
20 And do n't think that being squeamish is a virtue in itself — there are many ways of doing harm . ’
21 There are many ways of translating this ; try for yourself .
22 There are many ways of surviving to produce offspring , and there is little consensus between organisms about what counts as evolutionary ‘ success ’ in this sense .
23 As the Khan knows very well , there are many ways of rigging the sails of a ship . ’
24 Just as there are many ways of organizing and running an effective school , so there are many ways of running an LEA .
25 Just as there are many ways of organizing and running an effective school , so there are many ways of running an LEA .
26 There are many ways of calculating the APR , but it should always take into account upfront fees , which building societies do n't usually charge .
27 There are many ways of writing for choir , some simple , some complex .
28 Whilst there are many ways of breaking free from restraint the more complex the movement the more can go wrong .
29 Of course , prices may appear to be more sticky than they actually are , for there are many ways of changing the ‘ price ’ of a good without changing the amount of ‘ s printed on the good 's label .
30 There are many ways of estimating the quality of the benefit at the end of the plan but one simple one is to calculate an earnings ratio , given by the interest earned over the total sum — which is best expressed as a percentage .
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